Check Out This Mash-Up of Representations of Women in the Media

This year was, in many ways, a good time for representations of women in media with films like The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Gravity putting women front and center (and not just in the scared and screaming girlfriend role). It wasn't just at the movies, either: The female leads in Scandal and Homeland offered nuanced portrayals of women on the small screen too (no wonder we can't stop watching). And then, to top it off, the first all-female anchor team on PBS Newshour this year, and Katie Couric announced that she's moving to Yahoo as global news anchor. Pretty major, right?

Well, yes. But as this video from The Representation Project shows, we've still got a long way to go. A long way. You can see what I mean here:

For every Katie and Katniss, there are the moments highlighted in the video above.

I've recently been noticing how many of these "look at how women are being shown in a bad light" stories have been making their way into my Facebook and Twitter feeds. If this seems like an overreaction, don't forget when we had to sit through the picking-apart of Janet Yellen's wardrobe a few months ago. Yes, the woman recently nominated to be the chair of the Federal Reserve had her fashion choices analyzed. We're still waiting for in-depth analysis of Ben Bernanke's suit choices.

We all seem to agree that these images are a step backward. Or do we? What do you guys think?